Around many neighborhoods n New York City, many people with different religions or cultural point of view and most of all, people that are gays and/or lesbians, have been treated cruel and harsh. A few weeks ago, in recent weeks, citizens have been assaulted and killed just because that person or people is Hispanic, Arab, Black and also being gay. I think that is disrespectful at least. The good thing is that the city or should I say state is trying to fix this dilemma. On October 10, we celebrated loved ones who were gay by wearing purple. Many who were gay had thought they had no choice but to kill themselves when they were being bullied in school. One example is when a college student was have sexual intercourse with another male, his roommates recorded it and put it online which again led to bullying. Though that problem is trying to be stopped, gangs or no gangs have been assaulting men and women what religion or cultural point of view they have. Few months ago, an Hispanic male was assaulted and left in the hospital with many bruises and a possible chance that he will die. This a big problem New York City has to deal with. It is just wrong to hurt someone for their race or religion or if gay or not. This has to be stopped for the life of others.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Mother to Son Response poem
Mother, I'm stumbling in life
sometimes wanting to stop trying
but I'm not givivng up.
My life is like a crystal stair, falling is no option. Even if it may hurt
I'll climb that crystal stair all the way to the top.
So mom, I'm not giving up
I'll never give up sooner or later, my life will be and will always be a crystal stair.
sometimes wanting to stop trying
but I'm not givivng up.
My life is like a crystal stair, falling is no option. Even if it may hurt
I'll climb that crystal stair all the way to the top.
So mom, I'm not giving up
I'll never give up sooner or later, my life will be and will always be a crystal stair.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
The Phantom Tollbooth
The Phantom Tollbooth, a story changing the hearts of many. A magical/fantasy tale of a young boy possibly the same age as me learning the best of life from taking a journey in an imaginary world. So many questions began to fill my mind, how id the phantom tollbooth get in his house but most of all what is so important the Character Milo and why the author Norton Juster, decided to have Milo a boring kid who always thinks the opposite, when at home he always wants to be in school, when home he wants to be home. WHAT WAS SO IMPORTANT ABOUT MILO.
I discovered the Phantom Tollbooth when i was 8. When i was 8, thought the book was going to be about aboy who finds a Tollbooth in a circus and from there on it changes his life. I was completely wrong. The book had changed my way of thinking, it made me feel that monsters and wizards exactly exsited somewhere we couldnt find them and one day i would. Sometimes i got confused why friends and family in the real world didnt realize Milo was gone far away from them, but what i did not know was that time had never changed as if it was frozen.
In the Book, Milo discovers a tollbooth in his living room, since Milo was lonely and had nothing to do, he hops in a toy car and goes in the tollbooth and finds himself in the land of expectations. Meeting new people and things like The Wheter Man, who sort of is like the geese in Charlottes Web. Some other people were the Mathemagcian and King Azaz-the ruler of Dictionopolis. While in Dictionopolis, King Azaz told Milo to go on a dangerous a journey, a journey to find Rhyme and Reason. Rhyme and Reason are the step sisters of the Mathemagician and King Azaz. One day the brothers got andry at eachother saying numbers were better than words or words were better than numbers. The brothers asked the sisters Rhyme and Reason which was better. Though the sister gave a horrible answer saying that they were equal, the brothers were made at their sisters and banished them to the dungeon in the sky. King Azaz thought was he did was wrong and i say again sent Milo to go search fro them. While to go find Rhyme and Reason, he learns new things and the good things in life like words, numbers, family. and more.
In conclusion after bringing Rhyme and Reason back, Milo is a changed person, and then in a blick of an eye after he saide goodbye he was back home with a note that said "for Milo who now knows the way". I knew why the author chose Milo as a boring lonely kid. It was to awaken the lazy mind Milo had by making him go on a journey to learn better things from the people in the land of expectations. After Milo had said " there is to much to do here" i was blown away. The Phantom Tollbooth worked as magic.
I discovered the Phantom Tollbooth when i was 8. When i was 8, thought the book was going to be about aboy who finds a Tollbooth in a circus and from there on it changes his life. I was completely wrong. The book had changed my way of thinking, it made me feel that monsters and wizards exactly exsited somewhere we couldnt find them and one day i would. Sometimes i got confused why friends and family in the real world didnt realize Milo was gone far away from them, but what i did not know was that time had never changed as if it was frozen.
In the Book, Milo discovers a tollbooth in his living room, since Milo was lonely and had nothing to do, he hops in a toy car and goes in the tollbooth and finds himself in the land of expectations. Meeting new people and things like The Wheter Man, who sort of is like the geese in Charlottes Web. Some other people were the Mathemagcian and King Azaz-the ruler of Dictionopolis. While in Dictionopolis, King Azaz told Milo to go on a dangerous a journey, a journey to find Rhyme and Reason. Rhyme and Reason are the step sisters of the Mathemagician and King Azaz. One day the brothers got andry at eachother saying numbers were better than words or words were better than numbers. The brothers asked the sisters Rhyme and Reason which was better. Though the sister gave a horrible answer saying that they were equal, the brothers were made at their sisters and banished them to the dungeon in the sky. King Azaz thought was he did was wrong and i say again sent Milo to go search fro them. While to go find Rhyme and Reason, he learns new things and the good things in life like words, numbers, family. and more.
In conclusion after bringing Rhyme and Reason back, Milo is a changed person, and then in a blick of an eye after he saide goodbye he was back home with a note that said "for Milo who now knows the way". I knew why the author chose Milo as a boring lonely kid. It was to awaken the lazy mind Milo had by making him go on a journey to learn better things from the people in the land of expectations. After Milo had said " there is to much to do here" i was blown away. The Phantom Tollbooth worked as magic.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
How does Rhyme and Reason play an important part in the Phantom Tollbooth:
One day a young prince from across the sea soon to be king built a city that would eventually be The Kingdom of Wisdom. The king would later then have two sons that had many ideas, some like making other cities and thats how the cities of Dictionopolis and Digitopolis came along.
Though as time came along, the king found a random basket in his garden, inside of it were twin baby girls. The king happy as he could be with these two girls naming one Rhyme and the other Reason.
Later on the two sons had gotten into arguements about whats better, Numbers or Words, coming to a decision they asked their sisters Rhyme and Reason. Both Rhyme and Reason stated that numbers and words were equal. The brothers hated what their sisters had said so they banished them from the kingdom and left them in a castle in the sky, THEN LONG COMES MILO TO SAVE THE PRINCESSES FROM THE CASTLE AND BRING THEM BACK HOME.
Milo- main character in the book
Two Brothers: Azaz and Mathemagician
Azaz- Son of the king, ruler of the realm of letters and word, sends Milo to get Rhyme and Reason back
Mathemagician- Son of the King, lives in a world of number, unlike brother had doubts on releasing thier sisters from the castle
Twin Sisters - Rhyme and Reason
One day a young prince from across the sea soon to be king built a city that would eventually be The Kingdom of Wisdom. The king would later then have two sons that had many ideas, some like making other cities and thats how the cities of Dictionopolis and Digitopolis came along.
Though as time came along, the king found a random basket in his garden, inside of it were twin baby girls. The king happy as he could be with these two girls naming one Rhyme and the other Reason.
Later on the two sons had gotten into arguements about whats better, Numbers or Words, coming to a decision they asked their sisters Rhyme and Reason. Both Rhyme and Reason stated that numbers and words were equal. The brothers hated what their sisters had said so they banished them from the kingdom and left them in a castle in the sky, THEN LONG COMES MILO TO SAVE THE PRINCESSES FROM THE CASTLE AND BRING THEM BACK HOME.
Milo- main character in the book
Two Brothers: Azaz and Mathemagician
Azaz- Son of the king, ruler of the realm of letters and word, sends Milo to get Rhyme and Reason back
Mathemagician- Son of the King, lives in a world of number, unlike brother had doubts on releasing thier sisters from the castle
Twin Sisters - Rhyme and Reason
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